Can I eat Tongcao during menstruation?

Tongcao is a medicinal food. Generally, medicines are used to treat some diseases, but they are not suitable for everyone. When women are in their special menstrual period, healthy eating is a very critical link. Only by knowing clearly whether the foods they eat are suitable for women during their menstrual period. Only eating beneficial foods can help them replenish sufficient nutritional value and obtain the desired effects during a special period of time.

No matter what type of food it is, as long as it has nutritional value and needs to be eaten during the critical menstrual period of women, the first thing to do is to understand the nature and nutritional value of these foods and whether they are suitable for consumption during this period or after this menstrual period. So, can Tongcao be eaten during menstruation?

Don't eat it, because Tongcao, Rhizoma Lulutong, etc. have the effect of activating blood circulation, and the blood in a woman's body is in a non-coagulated state during menstruation. If you add blood-activating drugs, it may cause heavy menstrual flow and irregular menstruation. Therefore, I suggest that you use this diet therapy to regulate milk secretion after the menstruation is over. That's all.

Many women experience some uncomfortable symptoms in the few days before their period (premenstrual period), such as depression, anxiety, tension, insomnia, irritability, restlessness, fatigue, etc. It is generally believed that this is related to the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone in the body. At this time, women should choose foods and medicines that are good for the skin and beauty, and can also replenish qi, soothe the liver, and regulate negative emotions, such as cabbage, grapefruit, lean pork, celery, japonica rice, duck eggs, fried atractylodes, yam, coix seed, lily, golden loofah, winter melon, kelp, sea cucumber, carrot, white radish, walnut kernels, black fungus, mushrooms, etc.

During menstruation, symptoms such as poor appetite, back pain, and fatigue may occur. At this time, it is advisable to choose foods and medicines that are beneficial to the skin and beauty and are also beneficial to the "menstrual flow". Recommended foods and medicines include: mutton, chicken, red dates, tofu skin, apples, coix seed, beef, milk, eggs, brown sugar, motherwort, angelica, rehmannia, peach blossom, etc.

The ancient Zhao Zhibi said: "During the menstrual period, heat is often used instead of cold. Cold will retain the blood, causing turbidity and filth, which will lead to stranguria and fullness." Therefore, during the menstrual period, many foods that have good skin-beautifying effects should be avoided, such as pears, bananas, water chestnuts, stone ear, stone flower, water caltrop, winter melon, kale, black fungus, rabbit meat, hemp seeds, etc.

Generally, women should not eat Tongcao during their menstrual period because it will promote blood circulation, which may cause an increase in menstrual volume, which is not good for women. Therefore, before eating any kind of food, you need to first understand whether the nature of these foods is suitable for women to eat during their special period, so that they can absorb the nutrients.